From the winner of the Blue Peter Award, this is a funny, dark and exciting story about what it's like to wake up as a cat!

Carnegie Medal 2013.

"This is a clawed masterpiece ... A book about being comfortable in your own skin rather than someone else's fur" -- Philip Ardagh Guardian "A darkly comic and richly rewarding story ... Haig's book shines with originality - in the clever plot and the wit - and has a strong moral core" -- Martin Chilton Telegraph "I loved To Be A Cat. It's very funny and surprising and somehow the basic concept, which is certainly an unusual one, works brilliantly. I believed every moment ... Miss Whipmire is a villain from hell but the sense of frustration that Barney has in his dealings with her are quite moving actually; it reminds me of many of the frustrations of childhood. And I absolutely love child protagonists who READ!" -- John Boyne "Here is the black comedy that made Matt Haig's Shadow Forest so irresistible" -- Amanda Craig The Times "A terrific yarn with just the right mix of humour, surprise and page-turning peril" Independent on Sunday